[MTOrlando]

I have read here that under Florida law, a feeding tube is considered artificial life-sustaining equipment. (Peach, can you please confirm?)

I have "heard" that also, but I couldn't find any reference to it in the statues. If it is "law", it's the kind of law handed down from the bench, not passed by the legislature.

Regardless, the matter of oral feeding comes up - as this was prohibited by judicial fiat, and the local police are enforcing the court order, it would be entirely reasonable to consider all of them party to an attempt to commit manslaughter under the statutes I cited before.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Are you an attorney?

I think a lot of Freepers miss the nuance of certain legal language, and they can't understand why things don't reconcile and common sense seems to be in short supply in the legal system.

That leads to a feeling of desperation, and people want something dramatic to be done.

I think this is a failure of the legal system, not a failure of Governor Bush. That's the point I'm trying to make. He's looking for a legal loophole, and people want a S.W.A.T. team...then they're angry with him and calling him names for not acting like he's a character on The West Wing.